Teaching Tuesday~ Welcome to Our Farm

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Well, it's another year! I think this is my 16th year teaching Sunday school at our church. When you've been teaching this long, you tend to lose count of the years. I have another exciting, fun-filled year scheduled for my little ones. 

This year, I decided to go with a farm theme. I had never done that theme before, so I went searching online for some cute ideas. 

I went with an adorable cow-themed door. I was searching for Highland cows, but I found this one instead. All my little farmers seemed to enjoy finding their cow on the door. I have 9 little farmers in class this year, 6 boys and 3 girls. 

I continued our farm theme into our prayer wall. I made haystack prayer charts and then added a farm animal with each child's name on it.  We are learning 5 prayers this year... Sign of the Cross, The Our Father, The Hail Mary, The Glory Be, and the Guardian Angel. When each child learns the prayer, I will add a sticker next to the prayer to keep track of the ones they know. The little farmers always get excited to get their stickers. I added a few farm religious-themed cutouts to the wall for decorations! They have cute sayings about God's love for the little ones. 

Our side wall is a cute little farm scene. It's a big wall, so I have to spread it out a bit. I still need to add our Bible verse, but it is all set for the kids. On this wall, each little farmer can find their name again. I love making them feel welcome and that our classroom is their home. 

I kept the same prayer posters up from the last few years. This helps the little ones learn their prayers. I make a prayer booklet for each child to take home, so they can practice their prayers at home with their parents and siblings. Over the years, I've found that older siblings are some of the biggest helpers with learning prayers. 

Last year, we focused more on prayer. Why should we pray, and when should we pray? I found this cute poster set to help remind the little ones throughout the year. 

I kept a few of the same decorations from last year. Our posters of the Armor of God stayed up for the lesson we will have later on in the year. I still have our poster board up for the Saints and Virtues we will learn over the year. I have our map up of the Bible land, so the little ones can put the people and places we talk about into perspective. 

We have our prayer table and the Good Deeds jar set up. Each week, I encourage the little ones to go home and practice a good deed. When they come back, we write them down and add them to the jar. We add some glitter, shake it up, and sing the Good Deeds song.

Good Deeds, Good Deeds... they're everywhere

Good Deeds, Good Deeds... from those who care

Good Deeds, Good Deeds... they kinda make us smart

Good Deeds, Good Deeds... they come from the HEART!

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Monique